China launched three YAOGAN 39 satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province onboard a Long March 2D vehicle on 5 October at 0024 GMT. This is the third Yaogan 39 mission from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The...
In a near repeat of a mission which took place earlier this month on 6 September 2023, China has launched another Yaogan 33 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. This mission lifted-off at 2015 GMT on 26 September also utilising the Long...
The Ceres-1 Y11 launch ended in a total loss, marking the first failure for Galactic Energy, a private Chinese space company which hitherto had an unmarred 100 per cent success rate over its first nine flights. The mission lifted off at 0459 GMT on 21 September from...
China successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan Province, China at 0312 GMT on 17 August 2023. The vehicle carried a trio of Yaogan 39 Group 2 (Yaogan 39-02-A, B, C) Chinese reconnaissance satellites. The orbit...
Launching at 0430 GMT on 10 September a Chinese Long March 6A (CZ-6A) rocket carried the Yaogan 40 mission into a 800 km polar orbit. This mission took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, northern China. Chinese state media refers to this mission in a...
Launching at 1814 GMT on 6 September a Chinese Long March 4C (CZ-4C) rocket has carried the Yaogan 33-03 satellite into a 700 km LEO. The mission lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. Chinese state media describes the Yaogan 33...
